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Job Position: Content Editor

Contract: Temporary (4 months)
Working hours: part-time, 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Reporting to: Communications Manager, IDEA MENA
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Salary: 400 TND
Expected start date: November 2014
The successful applicant will already have the right to work in Tunisia.

IDEA Middle East & North Africa is seeking to appoint a Content Editor responsible for creating and editing information for IDEA website in collaboration with the Communications Manager.

The Content Editor will be responsible for translation and creation of the organization web content and editorial calendar according to IDEA web properties. Additionally, this role will be responsible for social media content managing to maximize conversation rates.

The Web Content Editor will be an experienced writer and editor and will learn the details about the programs, and fulfill change requests to keep the website updated. This position will have responsibility for expanding the scope and content of IDEA MENA online website and social media channels and ensuring that the IDEA MENA online community have comprehensive resources at their disposal.

Reporting to the Communications Manager, IDEA MENA (based in Tunis, Tunisia) the Content Editor will ensure the highest standards in the delivery of IDEA MENA’s web content communications.

Areas of responsibility

• Implementing IDEA MENA digital strategy;
• Develop web content: Translate and adapt the existing debatabase1 from English to Arabic;
• Develop multimedia content (Posters, videos…) and assist in the regular updating of the IDEA Arabic website and social media channels in Arabic;
• Manage content schedules;
• Communicate to external audiences about IDEA MENA programs, projects, achievements and initiatives;

About IDEA

IDEA MENA is part of a network of non-profit education organizations who believe that debate is a way to give young people a voice.
We are the world leaders in debate education, providing resources, training and events to thousands of educators and young people each month.
IDEA works with schools and universities, debate organizations and community groups and we partner with foundations, NGOs, businesses and governments

Our Vision

Empower young people worldwide today to be the active citizens of tomorrow.

Our Mission

We give young people a voice through education, debate and by raising their awareness about worldwide issues.
We believe debate provides a forum for the open exchange of ideas and the opportunity to consider an opposing point of view. Debate nurtures critical thinking and dialogue. We want to be the world’s leading provider of resources for young people to develop their argumentation and debate skills.

The benefits of debate

IDEA believes that debate promotes:
• Mutual understanding and informed citizenship around the world;
• More deliberative communities; • Enhanced cultural exchanges;
• Greater academic excellence.

What we do

• Provide debate training for teachers and young people;
• Foster a worldwide network of debating clubs in schools, universities and local communities;
• Run a series of debate events for young people, including an annual Global Youth Forum;
• Deliver an outreach programme for community groups targeting young people about issues that matter to them;
• Produce publications about debate in a variety of languages;
• Provide online resources that last year attracted 4.3 million unique visitors from around the world, including:
o An extensive database of debate topics;
o A video debating platform for competitions that run across borders and time-zones; o Information to support the establishment of debate clubs and activities; o A comprehensive guide to debating events and activities worldwide; o Websites in English, Dutch, Spanish, Arabic and Russian.

Our network

IDEA is a network co-ordinated by a central office in Brussels and we have offices in the UK, Netherlands, Macedonia, USA, Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) and MENA (Tunis, Tunisia). We operate with a network of partner organizations across 60 countries.